A dynamic organization both experiences, and experiences positively, changes in personnel and direction. Tonight, Whitewater’s school board will discuss a replacement for our high school principal, who is leaving for Williams Bay. (For more on the departure, see Kevin Hoffman’s story on the change.)
These last twenty-six months have, overall, been good ones for our school district, and far better than conditions at many other districts. (Hoffman’s recent story mentions some of the problems elsewhere, many that Whitewater has shrewdly avoided.) For more on this topic, of Whitewater’s path, see Zentner and Afterward and The Whitewater Schools’ Next Administrator: A Wise and Sound Choice.
Changes in the district, of different types, offer Whitewater an opportunity to build on a good direction. There’s a chance from these recent years for the district to be a primary source of genuine innovation for all Whitewater.
There are challenges ahead for just about every district in the state, from budgets to the Wisconsin economy; these next few years will remain difficult for many schools.
We’re better positioned than many others to address them.